PA Bill Gives Tax Breaks to “Downstream” Natgas Businesses

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Here's a cool idea: What if Pennsylvania granted 10 years of tax breaks to businesses that use shale gas and create at least 10 new jobs within three years? And what if those tax breaks for businesses were available in PA's more rural areas--not the big cities? In other words, what if PA created more "downstream" jobs--jobs in manufacturing? Sure sounds like a winner to us. PA State Senator Scott Hutchinson (Republican from Oil City) has introduced Senate Bill (SB) 886 that would do just those things--turning PA into a jobs-creating powerhouse in the downstream sector...

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